I've long fantasized about owning an arcade cabinet(s), but at the rate I move around it never seemed worthwhile to be loading and unloading in a truck every year.

You can always go with a mame setup or a multicade. Hardcore arcade enthusiasts frown on them, but those guys can be dicks.

I've got a Midway multicade with 12 games on it including Sinistar and Satan's Hollow. I also have a Heathkit/Brunswick Aspen pinball machine so there is a double whammy for the purists. Not a coin mech in sight. Suck it haters, they're both a blast and affordable as well.

I've long fantasized about owning an arcade cabinet(s), but at the rate I move around it never seemed worthwhile to be loading and unloading in a truck every year.

You can always go with a mame setup or a multicade. Hardcore arcade enthusiasts frown on them, but those guys can be dicks.

I've got a Midway multicade with 12 games on it including Sinistar and Satan's Hollow. I also have a Heathkit/Brunswick Aspen pinball machine so there is a double whammy for the purists. Not a coin mech in sight. Suck it haters, they're both a blast and affordable as well.

Personally, I like to have the originals myself. But I don't blame people for going the multi route either. I'd hate to see someone take a working Tron or something and turning it into a MAME, but if it's not working/missing parts, I say go for it. I've multi'd a few Donkey Kong cabinets myself.

Currently in my collection, I have:

PopeyeDonkey Kong JrDonkey Kong in an original red cabinet (around the time of Radar Scope)Golden Tee CompleteCentipedePole PositionBurgerTimeNintendo Red TentQ*bert cocktailDonkey Kong CocktailMissile Command CocktailDig Dug cocktailPlaychoice 10 I made to look like Wild Gunman from Back to the Future II.Stellar Wars pinball machine

I've had another 20 or so come and go. I started with a badly MAMEd Chase HQ. It all went awry from there.

I've long fantasized about owning an arcade cabinet(s), but at the rate I move around it never seemed worthwhile to be loading and unloading in a truck every year.

Or build a Bar-top, like I'm doing. With all the equipment it will weigh less than 50 lbs. I am using an LCD instead of a CRT to save weight/space. (blasphemy to some. I don't give two shiats what internet people like) Look up the BYOAC website, that's a good one dedicated to MAME builds/resto/etc. Fun hobby. Time consuming. Oh. What's spending money again?

The MAME cab is in the garage still in pieces in the middle of a changeover to a 21" LCD from the 15" that was originally in it. One of these days when the kids are old enough to be out of the way a little more I'll finish it. By that time I'll probably be using the phone as the CPU with a BT controller and an MHL connector to the display. Not a bad goal now that I think about it.